1 2002-11-12 23:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
3 * debian/changelog (1.118): finalize version 3.1.1
5 2002-11-11 15:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
7 * common.ent (1.42), developers-reference.sgml (1.139),
8 debian/changelog (1.117): fix some bad URLs, notably the testing
9 FAQ -- checkbot reports all is well now
11 2002-11-11 13:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
13 * developers-reference.sgml (1.138), debian/changelog (1.116): fix
14 a grammar typo, closes: #166098
16 2002-11-11 13:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
18 * debian/changelog (1.115): don't use caps or fullstops in
19 changelog entries -- a bug I fixed
21 2002-11-11 13:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
23 * common.ent (1.41): fix bad debian emacs policy, closes: #168357
27 * developers-reference.sgml (1.137), debian/changelog (1.114):
30 2002-10-10 17:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
32 * developers-reference.sgml (1.136): the version of dpkg-dev that
33 supports this feature is no longer new, so skip that; also
34 rephrased the sentence better while i was at it
36 2002-10-10 17:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
38 * debian/changelog (1.113): update
40 2002-10-10 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
42 * common.ent (1.40), developers-reference.sgml (1.135):
43 fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs. this should probably
44 address the issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing
47 2002-09-21 10:58 hertzog
49 * developers-reference.sgml (1.134), debian/changelog (1.112): -
50 Added myself as co-author. - Fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative
51 maintenance". Closes: #161488
53 2002-09-19 07:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
55 * debian/changelog (1.111): update for my last change
57 2002-09-19 06:50 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
59 * common.ent (1.39), developers-reference.sgml (1.133): updated IRC
60 stuff based on patch from SynrG, closes: #161403
62 2002-09-11 12:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
64 * developers-reference.sgml (1.132): tagging improvements and
65 editorial improvements in config-wise-debconf
67 2002-09-10 22:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
69 * ChangeLog (1.8): update for next release
71 2002-09-10 21:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
73 * debian/changelog (1.110): my changes
75 2002-09-10 21:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
77 * developers-reference.sgml (1.131): spell checking, tag fixes,
78 editorial review -- no new content
80 2002-09-09 06:08 hertzog
82 * developers-reference.sgml (1.130): - Also mentions sending patchs
85 2002-09-09 05:46 hertzog
87 * developers-reference.sgml (1.129), debian/changelog (1.109):
88 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
90 2002-09-08 14:42 hertzog
92 * common.ent (1.38), developers-reference.sgml (1.128),
93 debian/changelog (1.108): - Added the explanation about how to
94 replace an .orig.tar.gz. closes: #150392 - Mostly deleted the
95 paragraph about security upload in the section explaining source
96 NMU. Just added a link to point to "Handling security-related
97 bugs". closes: #159935 - Added a link to the Technical Committee
98 web page (in the "Bug housekeeping" section). closes: #151365 -
99 Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
100 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666 Removed the
101 comment about uploads to frozen. - Documented the "Developer's
102 packages overview" web portal. closes: #158650 - Added a
103 reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
104 descriptions". closes: #158609 - Added a Best Packaging Practice
105 section for "Packages using autoconf/automake". closes: #158045 -
106 Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
107 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
109 2002-09-03 06:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
111 * developers-reference.sgml (1.127): updated the
112 when-to-do-source-NMUs section a little bit, prompted by Elie
113 Rosenblum's complaint on -devel
117 * developers-reference.sgml (1.126): Update security instructions
118 to specify that uploads should not be made to the security queue
119 without approval Misc fixes and cleanups to security section
121 2002-08-29 11:36 hertzog
123 * common.ent (1.37), developers-reference.sgml (1.125),
124 debian/changelog (1.107): * Applied patch from Matt Zimmerman for
125 handling security related bugs.
127 2002-08-17 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
129 * developers-reference.sgml (1.124): renamed the testing scripts
130 section to a more generic testing distribution, and added missing
131 <em>s around some references to it (which were potentially
132 confusing without that)
134 2002-08-17 15:22 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
136 * developers-reference.sgml (1.123): HTTP is not just usually, it's
139 2002-08-17 13:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
141 * common.ent (1.36), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.32),
142 developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.11), developers-reference.sgml
143 (1.122): oopsie, that URL was pointing to the wrong place :)
145 2002-08-16 11:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
147 * debian/changelog (1.106): update
149 2002-08-16 10:39 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
151 * common.ent (1.35): changed needlessly FTP URIs to HTTP; added
154 2002-08-16 10:23 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
156 * developers-reference.sgml (1.121): rewrote the mailing lists
157 section to have logical subsections; expanded on the meanings of
158 the core mailing lists
160 2002-08-16 07:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
162 * debian/changelog (1.105): update
164 2002-08-16 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
166 * common.ent (1.34), developers-reference.sgml (1.120): following
167 Ryan Murray's advice, removed servers' real names and used only
170 2002-08-07 07:58 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
172 * debian/changelog (1.104): updated
174 2002-08-07 07:57 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
176 * common.ent (1.33), developers-reference.sgml (1.119): updated
177 (people.d.o->gluck), expanded (non-US) and mostly rewrote the
178 Debian servers section
180 2002-08-07 06:52 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
182 * debian/changelog (1.103): added some of my June 20th changes to
185 2002-06-24 15:28 hertzog
187 * developers-reference.sgml (1.118), debian/changelog (1.102): *
188 Applied several patches.
190 2002-06-20 16:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
192 * developers-reference.sgml (1.117): language fixes in a paragraph
194 2002-06-20 16:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
196 * developers-reference.sgml (1.116): linguistic fixes from David
197 Kimdon; other proofreading by myself, mostly changing he -> they
199 2002-06-19 15:58 hertzog
201 * developers-reference.sgml (1.115), debian/changelog (1.101): *
202 New changelog entry. * Fixed some entities (missing ";" in
203 "—"). * Applied patch from Peter Palfrader. closes: #150427
205 2002-06-19 15:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
207 * developers-reference.sgml (1.114): removed obsolete, needless
210 2002-06-15 20:30 hertzog
212 * developers-reference.sgml (1.113): * Sec "Writing useful
213 descriptions". Added a sentence about the capitalization of the
216 2002-06-14 02:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
218 * ChangeLog (1.7): update for next release
220 2002-06-14 02:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
222 * debian/changelog (1.100): my changes; standardize Raphael's
225 2002-06-14 02:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
227 * developers-reference.sgml (1.112): populate Sec "Collaborative
230 2002-06-14 01:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
232 * developers-reference.sgml (1.111): spelling fixes and some
233 awkward wordings fixed
235 2002-06-14 00:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
237 * debian/TODO (1.5): more notes to myself, many probably obsolete
239 2002-06-10 03:31 hertzog
241 * common.ent (1.32), developers-reference.sgml (1.110),
242 debian/changelog (1.99): - Integrated Sec "Handling debconf
243 translations" contributed by Denis Barbier. Thanks Denis !
245 2002-06-08 16:29 hertzog
247 * common.ent (1.31), developers-reference.sgml (1.109),
248 debian/changelog (1.98): - Completed Sec "Package with multiple
249 patches", "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other
250 specific packages", "The wise use of debconf". All those are
251 quite simplistic, they can be improved ...
253 2002-05-23 20:17 hertzog
255 * common.ent (1.30), developers-reference.sgml (1.108),
256 debian/changelog (1.97): - Completed Sec "Voting" - Completed Sec
257 "Documentation" - Added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources
258 chapter. - Added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the
259 being kind to porter too. - Extended the explanation about
260 devscripts. - Completed Sec "Helper scripts"
262 2002-05-23 16:03 hertzog
264 * developers-reference.sgml (1.107), debian/changelog (1.96): -
265 Completed Sec Bug housekeeping. closes: #39519 - Stubbed sections
266 for all ideas for "Best Packaging Practices". We have to either
267 fill them or comment them out. I've put some notes about the
268 content of each of those sections to help the writers.
270 2002-05-12 04:36 hertzog
272 * developers-reference.sgml (1.106): - Fixed the URL in Sec "Bug
275 2002-05-11 23:33 Osamu Aoki <debian@aokiconsulting.com>
277 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.10): Sorry, this bugs broke DDP
280 I saw simple typos (missing ";") and <ftppath>-tags which does not
281 exist in English. This was good iontension but used in conflict
282 with the current common.ent.
284 I hopefully used 8-bit clean editor (vimand mcedit in LC_ALL=C).
285 I do not have LANG=ja_JP in my system :( Shame on me.
287 Now DDP site shall build :)
289 2002-05-11 16:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
291 * common.ent (1.29), developers-reference.sgml (1.105),
292 debian/changelog (1.95): entity'ize master.debian.org,
293 us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
295 tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
296 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
297 work-around with <...>
299 fix some awkward working from recent updates
301 2002-05-10 16:27 hertzog
303 * developers-reference.sgml (1.104): * Sec "Writing useful
304 descriptions": added a blurb about spell-checking.
306 2002-05-09 18:24 hertzog
308 * developers-reference.sgml (1.103), debian/changelog (1.94): - Sec
309 "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from Francesco
310 Paolo Lovergine. Heavily updated by myself. - New Section
311 "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by Francesco Paolo
312 Lovergine. Slightly updated by myself.
314 2002-05-09 13:43 hertzog
316 * common.ent (1.28), developers-reference.sgml (1.102),
317 debian/changelog (1.93): - Various spelling fixes. - Sec
318 "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
319 login@debian.org. - Update the total number of packages and the
320 example directory tree of a Debian archive. - Updated the list
321 of available architectures. - Commented out the "Subsections"
322 section since it will RSN have nothing to with the Debian
323 archive. It's just a generic information field of the package and
324 nothing more. - Added more incentive to use experimental since it
325 doesn't cause any pains to the ftpmasters. - Sec "When to do a
326 source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest the use of
327 the delayed queue. - New Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to
328 explain the need to integrate the changes introduced by NMUs.
329 Insists on the fact that one shouldn't be upset by a NMU. -
330 Stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance". - Stubbed in
331 new Section "The Package Tracking System".
333 2002-05-09 05:45 hertzog
335 * common.ent (1.27), developers-reference.sgml (1.101),
336 debian/changelog (1.92): - Sec "The Incoming system" in
337 "Resources", describe how it works and also speak of the DELAYED
338 directory. closes: #135562, #136774
340 2002-05-08 18:27 hertzog
342 * common.ent (1.26), developers-reference.sgml (1.100),
343 debian/changelog (1.91): - Explain to reassign/close bugs of
344 removed packages. closes: #130255 - Updates the note about software
345 subject to US patents. closes: #142798 - New Section "Contacting
346 other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging" Document the
347 package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553 - New Section
348 "Package's information" under Resources Document
349 http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
350 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility. - Sec
351 "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com -
352 Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
354 2002-05-08 16:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
356 * debian/changelog (1.90): standardizing some of Raphael's entries
358 2002-05-08 11:34 hertzog
360 * common.ent (1.25), developers-reference.sgml (1.99),
361 debian/changelog (1.89): - Indicated that the list of subsections
362 is defined in the policy. Closes: #123586 - Removed some cruft
363 in `Announcing package uploads'. - Document the testing scripts.
366 2002-05-08 06:29 hertzog
368 * developers-reference.sgml (1.98), debian/changelog (1.88): -
369 Added best packaging practices chapter. - Added "Writing useful
370 descriptions" as a first entry in that chapter. Closes: #53109,
373 2002-05-07 18:39 hertzog
375 * developers-reference.sgml (1.97): - Little typo: s/you/your/.
377 2002-05-06 23:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
379 * developers-reference.sgml (1.96), debian/changelog (1.87): trim
380 the bad submit-bugs chapter; s/GPG/GnuPG/
382 2002-05-06 23:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
384 * developers-reference.sgml (1.95), debian/changelog (1.86): spell
385 check and some awkward grammar
387 2002-05-06 22:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
389 * debian/changelog (1.85): cosmetics and Antoine's updates
391 2002-05-06 19:25 hertzog
393 * developers-reference.sgml (1.94), debian/changelog (1.84): -
394 Changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line. - Remove
395 all references explaining that the upstream orig tarball can be
396 changed during lifetime. - Deleted "binary NMU" when we really
397 mean "porter upload" or "simple recompile". - Elaborated more
398 about "binary-only NMU". - Detail more things about the removal of
399 package. - Fix other issues from #102626.
401 2002-05-06 10:59 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
403 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.31): Finally in sync with 1.91
404 (aph updated the original before me).
406 2002-05-06 10:54 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
408 * developers-reference.sgml (1.93): Small changes.
410 2002-05-06 10:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
412 * debian/changelog (1.83): new stubbed section I missed
414 2002-05-06 10:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
416 * debian/changelog (1.82): recent changes
418 2002-05-06 10:31 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
420 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.30): Synchronized with 1.92.
422 2002-05-06 10:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
424 * common.ent (1.24), developers-reference.sgml (1.92): - new
425 Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
427 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
428 Ch "The Debian Archive"
430 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former
433 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
434 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
435 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
437 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
438 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
440 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
441 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
442 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
443 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
444 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
445 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
446 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
448 - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties
449 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
451 2002-05-06 10:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
453 * Makefile (1.18): depend for developers-reference.html/*
455 2002-05-05 16:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
457 * developers-reference.sgml (1.91), debian/changelog (1.81): -
458 new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" for recommended ways to contribute
459 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; Ch
461 Prospective Developers" moved into this chapter and renamed
463 "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
464 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
465 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
467 2002-05-05 14:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
469 * developers-reference.sgml (1.90): chapter titles need caps
471 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
473 * debian/changelog (1.80): recent changes
475 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
477 * debian/control (1.14): add hertzog as co-maintainer
479 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
481 * developers-reference.sgml (1.89): - Sec "Getting started":
482 link to New Maintainers' Guide
483 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and
485 we add some info on sponsoring
487 2002-05-05 14:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
489 * common.ent (1.23): newmaint guide and sponsor coordination page
491 2002-05-03 13:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
493 * debian/: changelog (1.79), control (1.13): makefile change; manoj
496 2002-05-03 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
498 * Makefile (1.17): simplifications to the tex prefix rules; they
499 are completely irrelevant now though since debiandoc-sgml does it
502 2002-04-13 18:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
504 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.29): Small corrections.
506 2002-04-13 18:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
508 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.28): Synchronized with 1.88.
510 2002-04-13 18:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
512 * developers-reference.sgml (1.88): Miscellaneous corrections
514 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
516 * ChangeLog (1.6): update for next release
518 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
520 * debian/TODO (1.4): yet more todo
522 2002-04-08 02:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
524 * debian/TODO (1.3): more todo
526 2002-04-08 02:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
528 * developers-reference.sgml (1.87), debian/changelog (1.78):
529 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
530 - Ch "Package uploads":
531 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
532 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
533 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
534 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
535 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
536 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
538 2002-04-08 01:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
540 * developers-reference.sgml (1.86), debian/changelog (1.77): Sec
541 "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
543 2002-04-08 01:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
545 * developers-reference.sgml (1.85): FIXME for more programs to
548 2002-04-08 01:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
550 * developers-reference.sgml (1.84), debian/changelog (1.76): -
551 Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
553 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
554 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get
555 info on the dh-* pkgs
556 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
557 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
558 - other minor wording changes
560 2002-04-07 03:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
562 * debian/changelog (1.75): recent changes
564 2002-04-01 10:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
566 * developers-reference.sgml (1.83): Charles Briscoe-Smith
569 2002-03-31 17:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
571 * debian/changelog (1.74): changes for next version, not yet ready
574 2002-03-31 17:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
576 * developers-reference.sgml (1.82): from Martin Michlmayr: changes
577 in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming anymore,
578 talk about dput a bit; closes: #135559
580 2002-03-15 13:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
582 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.27): Increment the cvs-en-rev
585 2002-03-15 12:45 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
587 * common.ent (1.22), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.26),
588 developers-reference.sgml (1.81): Miscellaneous corrections
590 2002-03-11 17:03 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
592 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.25): Synchronized with version
595 2002-02-24 15:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
597 * ChangeLog (1.5): update for next release
599 2002-02-24 14:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
601 * debian/changelog (1.73): prepare 2.10.0
603 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
605 * debian/copyright (1.4): fix a typo
607 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
609 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.24), developers-reference.ja.sgml
610 (1.9): use new language-independant entities
612 2002-02-24 14:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
614 * common.ent (1.21), developers-reference.sgml (1.80): isolate a
615 few more language-independent bits; change /usr/doc to
616 /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright, closes: #126924
618 2002-02-24 14:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
620 * common.ent (1.20), developers-reference.sgml (1.79): some
621 suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
622 closes: #133953; use a new entity, debian-formal for the term
624 2002-02-24 14:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
626 * Makefile (1.16): distclean, and clean is cleaner
628 2002-02-24 14:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
630 * common.ent (1.19), developers-reference.sgml (1.78): purge
631 references to 'frozen' distribution, which doesn't exist anymore
633 2002-02-24 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
635 * developers-reference.sgml (1.77): bugs closed in NMUs should uses
636 'closes' changelog entries, closes: #133951
638 2002-02-24 12:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
640 * common.ent (1.18), developers-reference.sgml (1.76): update the
641 "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with review by
642 Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
644 2002-02-24 11:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
646 * developers-reference.sgml (1.75): some minor cosmetics
648 2002-02-23 10:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
650 * developers-reference.sgml (1.74): Added ';' at the end of an
653 2002-02-20 17:53 Gustavo Noronha <kov@debian.org>
655 * developers-reference.sgml (1.73): added a section on how to deal
656 with unreachable (maybe-MIA) maintainers
658 2001-12-27 01:48 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
660 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.23): Synchronised with 1.72 (no
661 real change needed, updated french version number)
663 2001-12-26 08:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
665 * developers-reference.sgml (1.72): wrong tense, noticed by Chris
668 2001-12-19 05:55 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
670 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.22): Modified translation of
671 'General Public license'
673 2001-12-17 18:41 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
675 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.21): Last modifications reviewed
678 2001-12-12 08:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
680 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.20): Miscellaneous changes to
681 enhance overall coherence of the french translations
683 2001-12-12 02:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
685 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.19): Synchronised with 1.71
687 2001-12-09 07:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
689 * developers-reference.sgml (1.71): mention how the vacation
690 notices should include [VAC] in the subject; change the full stop
691 into an exclamation sign in the sentence about removing the
692 on-vacation flag, many people forget this (i myself had the flag
693 turned on for weeks after return at one time :)
695 2001-11-05 23:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
697 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.18): Removed some mistakes.
699 2001-10-27 01:56 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
701 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.17): Synchronised with 1.70.
703 2001-10-21 01:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
705 * Makefile (1.15): clean is cleaner
707 2001-10-21 01:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
709 * debian/changelog (1.72): perpare next version as 2.9.0
711 2001-10-21 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
713 * ChangeLog (1.4): update for next release
715 2001-10-18 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
717 * developers-reference.sgml (1.70): further cleanups in the section
718 about picking the distribution
720 2001-10-17 20:38 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
722 * developers-reference.sgml (1.69): reordered some subsections in
723 the section about package uploads, it wasn't organized
725 2001-10-17 20:21 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
727 * developers-reference.sgml (1.68): combining stable with unstable
728 is deprecated in another section, this paragraph needs to be
731 2001-10-17 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
733 * developers-reference.sgml (1.67): updated the section about
734 experimental (better late than never)
736 2001-10-17 20:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
738 * developers-reference.sgml (1.66): created a new subsection about
739 uploading to stable, and elaborated about that subject; removed a
740 stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about security
741 uploads (which apply to all distributions equally), and replaced
742 the nonexistent term Security Manager with security officer which I
745 2001-10-03 00:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
747 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.16): Replaced "sévérité" by
748 "gravité" which is a better translation of "severity". Since
749 "gravité" is also used on the debian website, this replacement also
750 helps coherence throughout the french documentation.
752 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
754 * debian/changelog (1.71): shipping 2.8.9
756 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
758 * ChangeLog (1.3): update for next release
760 2001-09-26 19:35 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
762 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.15): Updates reviewed by P.
765 2001-09-08 18:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
767 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.14): In sync with version 1.65...
770 2001-09-08 17:57 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
772 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.13): In sync with version 1.65 of
773 developers-reference.sgml.
775 2001-08-24 12:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
777 * developers-reference.sgml (1.65), debian/changelog (1.70): typo
778 fix thanks to Mark Hodge
780 2001-08-24 12:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
782 * debian/changelog (1.69): recent changes
784 2001-08-24 11:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
786 * developers-reference.sgml (1.64): integrate many changes from
787 James Troup, part of #102626
789 2001-08-24 11:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
791 * common.ent (1.17): break out &number-of-arches as a variable, god
794 2001-08-22 00:42 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
796 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.12): Removed a brown-paper-bag
799 2001-08-19 23:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
801 * debian/changelog (1.68): prepare version 2.8.9
803 2001-08-18 20:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
805 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.11): Synchronized with cvs
806 version 1.63 of developers-reference.sgml
808 2001-07-30 08:15 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
810 * developers-reference.sgml (1.63): replaced some bogus <ftppath>s
811 with <tt>s; noted how there's an upload queue on pandora, too
813 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
815 * ChangeLog (1.2): update
817 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
819 * debian/changelog (1.67): prepare 2.8.8
821 2001-07-20 17:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
823 * developers-reference.sgml (1.62): upcase chapter titles
825 2001-07-17 08:06 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
827 * developers-reference.sgml (1.61): a few more strong words about
830 2001-07-16 18:20 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
832 * developers-reference.sgml (1.60), common.ent (1.16): started a
833 new chapter about the relationship between old and new developers
835 2001-07-15 11:43 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
837 * debian/TODO (1.2): this TODO item is fixed, the reference now
838 explains how people.d.o works
840 2001-07-15 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
842 * developers-reference.sgml (1.59): explained how to CC:
843 debian-devel and how it's not completely obligatory
845 2001-06-21 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
847 * Makefile (1.14), debian/changelog (1.66), debian/control (1.12):
848 update for and require debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
850 2001-06-21 14:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
852 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.10), developers-reference.ja.sgml
853 (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.58), debian/changelog (1.65),
854 debian/rules (1.32): provide proper l10n for SGML date entities;
855 now we have &date-<LANG> entities which should be used
857 2001-06-21 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
859 * developers-reference.sgml (1.57), debian/changelog (1.64): Matt
860 Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
861 forwarding bugs upstream
865 2001-06-21 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
867 * developers-reference.sgml (1.56), debian/changelog (1.63):
868 dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when
869 NMU'ing; update documentation accordingly
873 2001-05-15 10:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
875 * developers-reference.sgml (1.55), debian/changelog (1.62): fix a
878 2001-05-12 20:27 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
880 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.9): Reviewed by P. Bataille. Some
883 2001-05-04 20:02 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
885 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.8): Reviewed by P. Batailler
887 2001-04-23 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
889 * common.ent (1.15): sample-dist-dirtree had some english in it,
892 2001-04-16 19:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
894 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.7): cvs-en-rev entity updated
896 2001-04-16 19:16 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
898 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.6): Some changes from P.
899 Batailler, N. Bertolissio and me.
901 2001-04-15 17:41 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
903 * common.ent (1.14): updated the general numbers
905 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
907 * ChangeLog (1.1): update for next release
909 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
911 * debian/changelog (1.61): prepare 2.8.6
913 2001-04-13 03:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
915 * debian/rules (1.31): utilze new changelog file
917 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
919 * developers-reference.sgml (1.54): utilize orphan-address and
922 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
924 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.5), developers-reference.ja.sgml
925 (1.7): utilize orphan-address
927 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
929 * common.ent (1.13): add orphan-address as the email address for
932 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
934 * .cvsignore (1.5): ignore validate stuff
936 2001-04-13 03:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
938 * Makefile (1.13): add a 'validate' rule
940 2001-04-13 03:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
942 * developers-reference.sgml (1.53): fix a typo, thanks to Antoine
945 2001-04-12 16:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
947 * Makefile (1.12): add a 'prepare' target to update ChangeLog
949 2001-04-11 18:51 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
951 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.4): Integrate the second review
952 of N. Bertolissio. This version is in sync with
953 developers-reference.sgml RCS version 1.52.
955 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
957 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.3), developers-reference.ja.sgml
958 (1.6): more purging of url-pkg-manual references
960 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
962 * .cvsignore (1.4): update ignorables
964 2001-04-08 01:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
966 * debian/changelog (1.60): re-prepare 2.8.5, including some French
967 updates; hopefully it is valid SGML
969 2001-04-08 01:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
971 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.5): expunge some references to
972 url-pkg-manual; this version needs updating
974 2001-04-07 21:28 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
976 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.2): First complete translation of
977 the Debian developer's reference guide. Reviewed by Nicolas
978 Bertolissio. I will integrate 2 patches (from N. Bertolissio and P.
981 2001-04-07 20:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
983 * debian/: changelog (1.59), control (1.11): fix
984 build-depends(-indep) issue, prepare 2.8.5
986 2001-04-05 10:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
988 * debian/TODO (1.1): new file
990 2001-04-05 10:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
992 * common.ent (1.12), developers-reference.sgml (1.52),
993 debian/changelog (1.58): * expunge references to the Debian
994 Packaging Manual, which is now in the
996 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug
998 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
999 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1002 2001-03-27 10:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1004 * common.ent (1.11), developers-reference.sgml (1.51): expunge
1007 2001-02-25 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1009 * debian/changelog (1.57): prepare next version
1011 2001-02-25 12:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1013 * debian/control (1.10): fill in the description a bit more; remove
1014 reference to obsolete packaging-manual package (closes: Bug#86505)
1016 2001-02-25 12:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1018 * Makefile (1.11): clean is cleaner
1020 2001-02-25 12:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1022 * developers-reference.desc (1.9): index.html corrected to be
1023 index.en.html (closes: Bug#85933)
1025 2001-02-11 08:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1027 * Makefile (1.10): just a convenience alias, saves typing :)
1029 2001-01-22 02:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1031 * debian/changelog (1.56): prepare 2.8.3 for release
1033 2001-01-22 02:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1035 * debian/rules (1.30): remove a useless dir,
1036 /usr/share/developers-reference; fix install rule for i18n
1038 2001-01-22 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1040 * Makefile (1.9): eliminate japanese PDF which doesn't seem to work
1041 properly; some hygenics; proper deps for version.ent
1043 2001-01-22 00:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1045 * Makefile (1.8), debian/rules (1.29): build and clean stuff with
1046 the top-level makefile, not debian/rules; build support for
1047 non-English languages, and build those by default as well
1049 2001-01-22 00:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1051 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.4): disable some references to
1052 files which no longer exist
1054 2001-01-21 18:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1056 * debian/changelog (1.55): sorry, last changelog entry on this file
1057 was wrong; prepare 2.8.2 version, document Josip's changes, and
1060 2001-01-21 18:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1062 * debian/changelog (1.54), developers-reference.sgml (1.50): *
1063 clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1064 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1066 2001-01-21 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1068 * debian/control (1.9): add recommends for debian-policy and
1071 2001-01-21 17:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1073 * developers-reference.sgml (1.49), debian/copyright (1.3): add
1076 2000-12-30 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1078 * developers-reference.sgml (1.48): another update WRT
1079 sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1081 2000-12-28 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1083 * developers-reference.sgml (1.47): included fixes from bug #80740;
1084 described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1085 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1086 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1089 2000-12-28 14:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1091 * common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1092 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1094 2000-12-18 19:04 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1096 * developers-reference.sgml (1.46): replaced evil latin1-only «»
1097 quotation marks, replaced mentions of important severity (in RCB
1098 context) with serious severity, some details fixed
1100 2000-12-18 18:13 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1102 * developers-reference.sgml (1.45): updated regarding va->klecker
1103 move, and www->people move, changed most mentions of dinstall to a
1104 generic term "archive maintenance software", removed full path to
1105 it because it is in PATH now, mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat
1106 vaguely), changed week to month regarding FTP archive waiting time
1107 since that\'s more often the case, and changed weeks to hours
1108 regarding Maintainers file updates since that\'s also more often
1109 the case now, updated some URLs to entities,
1110 s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1112 2000-12-18 17:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1114 * common.ent (1.9): upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian
1117 2000-12-06 10:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1119 * developers-reference.sgml (1.44): fix for WNPP bug filing
1120 severities from David Schleef <ds@stm.lbl.gov>
1122 2000-11-04 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1124 * debian/: changelog (1.53), rules (1.28): remove some obsolete
1125 source-depends stuff
1127 2000-11-04 13:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1129 * debian/changelog (1.52): changes for 2.8.1
1131 2000-11-04 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1133 * developers-reference.sgml (1.43): * update WNPP instructions,
1134 based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1136 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas
1140 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1142 * developers-reference.desc (1.8), debian/changelog (1.51): update
1143 doc-base file for FHS
1145 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1147 * debian/changelog (1.50): break up this file a bit
1149 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1151 * debian/changelog (1.49): update from CVS Changelogs mostly
1153 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1155 * debian/copyright (1.2): update for new copyright file location;
1156 add 2000 copyright dates and mention I am the maintainer [sic]
1158 2000-09-20 11:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1160 * developers-reference.sgml (1.42): fixed bug closing example,
1161 closes: #71198 ;) and updated the perl regexp from current
1162 /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian file
1164 2000-09-20 11:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1166 * debian/: control (1.8), postinst (1.4), prerm (1.4), rules
1167 (1.27): compliance with Policy 3.2.1
1169 2000-09-20 10:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1171 * common.ent (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.41): updated
1172 keyring/keyserver stuff; updated lists-archives URL; changed link
1173 for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts to the db.d.o CGI;
1174 updated new-maintainer stuff; updated for master->ftp-master move;
1175 noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other
1176 machines could be used if necessary; fixed www.d.o BTS URL; reorder
1177 mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure; mention
1178 the rsync dupload method; reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us,
1179 canonical name non-us is better; other small corrections
1181 2000-09-19 19:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1183 * common.ent (1.7): fixed cvs.d.o web path
1185 2000-09-19 18:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1187 * common.ent (1.6): fixed wnpp url
1189 2000-09-19 18:45 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1191 * developers-reference.sgml (1.40): fixed orphaning/adopting
1192 instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1194 2000-09-19 15:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1196 * Makefile (1.7): set build as the default rule, made clean a phony
1199 2000-07-30 15:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1201 * common.ent (1.5): fixed link to Debian machines page
1203 2000-07-29 08:11 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1205 * developers-reference.sgml (1.39): fixed broken link
1207 2000-07-29 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1209 * Makefile (1.6): no need to fork a shell, $(notdir) does the job
1211 2000-04-16 23:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1213 * debian/: changelog (1.48), rules (1.26): don't compress PDF
1215 2000-04-16 22:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1217 * debian/changelog (1.47): first cut 2.7.2
1219 2000-04-16 22:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1221 * constitution.en.html (1.3), debian-constitution.desc (1.3),
1222 debian/postinst (1.3), debian/prerm (1.3), debian/rules (1.25):
1223 purge the constitution
1225 2000-04-16 22:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1227 * debian/rules (1.24): install common.ent and housekeeping
1229 2000-04-16 22:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1231 * common.ent (1.4), constitution.en.html (1.2),
1232 developers-reference.sgml (1.38): changes from Raphael Hertzog
1233 <hertzog@debian.org>, 25 Mar 2000
1235 2000-03-06 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1237 * debian/rules (1.23): Changed debiandoc2latex2epdf to
1238 debiandoc2latexpdf, otherwise it doesn't build with debiandoc-sgml
1241 2000-01-07 11:45 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1243 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.3): Improved translation (thanks
1246 1999-10-28 13:38 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1248 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.2): Improved translation (thanks
1249 Seiji Kaneko and Hiroshi KISE).
1251 1999-10-04 13:49 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1253 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.1): Initial translation.
1255 1999-09-12 18:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1257 * debian/changelog (1.46): it helps to sign the changelog
1259 1999-09-12 18:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1261 * developers-reference.sgml (1.37), debian/changelog (1.45): add
1262 stuff for dinstall bug closing; note alternate names for DSA
1264 1999-09-11 21:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1266 * debian/rules (1.22): fix a bug in how we deal with debian/control
1268 1999-09-11 21:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1270 * debian/: changelog (1.44), control (1.7), rules (1.21):
1271 dynamically generate the TOC in the package description from
1272 developers-reference.sgml
1274 1999-09-11 18:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1276 * common.ent (1.3), developers-reference.sgml (1.36),
1277 debian/changelog (1.43): pgp to rsa changes, 2.7.1 first cut
1279 1999-08-16 23:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1281 * common.ent (1.2), developers-reference.sgml (1.35),
1282 debian/changelog (1.42), debian/control (1.6), debian/rules (1.20):
1283 2.7.0 update, see the changelog
1285 1999-08-15 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1287 * debian/changelog (1.41): document bug 37392 closing
1289 1999-08-15 19:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1291 * debian/changelog (1.40): first cut of next version
1293 1999-08-15 19:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1295 * developers-reference.sgml (1.34): start effort to split out
1298 1999-08-15 19:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1300 * common.ent (1.1): file added
1302 1999-08-11 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1304 * debian-constitution.desc (1.2): fix section, closing bug 37392
1306 1999-07-27 15:38 Christophe Le Bars <clebars@debian.org>
1308 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.1): add old french translations
1310 1999-05-21 21:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1312 * debian/changelog (1.39): 2.6.8, first cut
1314 1999-05-21 21:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1316 * developers-reference.sgml (1.33): correction about login name on
1317 master -- eight chars or less, not seven (and remove the footnote
1320 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1322 * debian/changelog (1.38): version 2.6.7
1324 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1326 * developers-reference.sgml (1.32): Ch. "Overview of Debian
1327 Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um, someone who uses
1328 this should check my description), correct build -> debuild in
1329 the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1331 1999-05-21 01:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1333 * developers-reference.desc (1.7): capitalize section name (closes
1336 1999-05-09 18:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1338 * developers-reference.sgml (1.31): normalize SGML elements which
1339 were <foo/.../ to <foo>...</foo>; re-fill paragraphs -- NO CONTENT
1342 1999-05-09 01:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1344 * debian/changelog (1.37): 2nd cut
1346 1999-05-09 01:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1348 * debian/rules (1.19): re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1350 1999-05-09 00:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1352 * debian/changelog (1.36): first cut 2.6.6
1354 1999-05-09 00:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1356 * developers-reference.sgml (1.30): * Sec. "The master server":
1357 note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1358 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1359 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1360 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1361 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that
1363 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks
1366 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild,
1368 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is
1372 1999-05-04 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1374 * developers-reference.sgml (1.29), debian/changelog (1.35),
1375 debian/rules (1.18): * Sec. "Architectures": correction on
1376 supported architecture in Linux
1378 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the
1380 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1381 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes
1383 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes
1385 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed
1388 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard
1390 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1391 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1392 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on
1395 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be
1397 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1398 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines
1400 a normal developer may have access.
1402 1999-04-09 21:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1404 * .cvsignore (1.3): ignorable
1406 1999-04-09 21:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1408 * debian/: changelog (1.34), rules (1.17): hack 'byhand' file
1409 entries to include debian version number in it, so subsequent
1410 uploads of the package into Incoming don't step all over each other
1412 1999-04-04 13:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1414 * developers-reference.sgml (1.28), debian/changelog (1.33): 2.6.3:
1415 correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the
1416 correct address for PGP key updates
1418 1999-04-04 04:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1420 * developers-reference.sgml (1.27), debian/changelog (1.32): Sec.
1421 "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all; use
1424 1999-04-03 17:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1426 * debian/changelog (1.31): 2nd cut
1428 1999-04-03 17:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1430 * debian/control (1.5): match priority in override files on archive
1432 1999-04-03 17:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1434 * developers-reference.desc (1.6): fix typo
1436 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1438 * debian/changelog (1.30): first cut 2.6.1
1440 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1442 * debian/rules (1.16): making PDF now, not PS; deal with new
1443 debiandoc-sgml output naming
1445 1999-04-03 16:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1447 * debian/: postinst (1.2), prerm (1.2): deal with
1448 debian-constitution docreg files
1450 1999-04-03 16:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1452 * developers-reference.sgml (1.26): * Sec. "Maintaining Your
1453 Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1454 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to
1456 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1457 <keyring-maint> instead)
1458 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1460 1999-04-03 16:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1462 * developers-reference.desc (1.5): cope with new file name
1463 extensions and PDF file
1465 1999-04-03 16:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1467 * debian-constitution.desc (1.1): new file
1469 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1471 * constitution.en.html (1.1): Initial revision
1473 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1475 * constitution.en.html (1.1.1.1): import from webml
1478 1999-03-03 15:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1480 * debian/changelog (1.29): 2.6.0.1 pre version (will be changed to
1481 2.6.1 when I release officially)
1483 1999-03-03 15:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1485 * debian/rules (1.15): housekeeping
1487 1999-03-03 15:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1489 * developers-reference.sgml (1.25): <chapt id="scope">Scope of This
1490 Document -- typo correction
1492 <sect id="fakeroot"> -- it's libtricks, not libtool
1494 1999-03-03 15:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1496 * developers-reference.desc (1.4): add abstract
1498 1999-02-11 03:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1500 * debian/changelog (1.28): plea for frozen too
1502 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1504 * debian/changelog (1.27): ver 2.6.0
1506 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1508 * debian/rules (1.14): remove menu file
1510 1999-02-11 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1512 * developers-reference.sgml (1.24): * Ch. "Porting and Being
1513 Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1514 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to
1516 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter
1518 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec.
1520 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making
1523 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new
1525 tighten up the language a bit
1526 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index
1528 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny
1530 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes
1532 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1534 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports",
1536 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your
1538 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break
1540 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1541 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution
1543 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for
1546 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite
1548 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key
1550 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and
1552 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1553 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1554 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1555 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities,
1557 number of available packages
1558 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1559 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1561 1999-02-11 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1563 * developers-reference.desc (1.3): fix maintainer name
1565 1999-02-11 00:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1567 * debian/menu (1.2): obsoleted by doc-base file
1569 1999-01-19 04:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1571 * developers-reference.sgml (1.23), debian/changelog (1.26): fix
1574 1998-12-29 02:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1576 * debian/: changelog (1.25), rules (1.13): added version.ent to
1577 docdir for Bug#31034
1579 1998-12-18 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1581 * developers-reference.sgml (1.22): s/ppc/powerpc/, other
1584 1998-12-18 00:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1586 * debian/changelog (1.24): early cut 2.5.0.3
1588 1998-11-25 05:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1590 * debian/changelog (1.23): [no log message]
1592 1998-11-25 05:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1594 * developers-reference.sgml (1.21): * Sec. "Removing a package
1595 from Incoming": tiny section added
1596 * some PGP-centricity removed
1597 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is
1599 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change NMU to
1600 source NMU, port to binary NMU, shorten the window for porters
1602 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1603 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for
1605 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested
1608 1998-11-21 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1610 * developers-reference.sgml (1.20), debian/changelog (1.22): finish
1611 1st draft filling in NMU/porter chapter
1613 1998-11-19 17:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1615 * developers-reference.sgml (1.19): more work on the NMU/porters
1618 1998-11-19 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1620 * debian/: changelog (1.21), rules (1.12): use changelog date for
1621 SGML timestamping, not current date
1623 1998-11-16 00:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1625 * debian/: changelog (1.20), dirs (1.2): remove obsolete 'dirs'
1628 1998-11-16 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1630 * debian/control (1.4): name change
1632 1998-11-16 00:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1634 * debian/changelog (1.19): [no log message]
1636 1998-11-16 00:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1638 * developers-reference.sgml (1.18): name change
1642 1998-11-16 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1644 * debian/changelog (1.18): [no log message]
1646 1998-11-15 20:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1648 * developers-reference.sgml (1.17): Sec. "Maintainer changes":
1649 renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved to Chapter "Moving,
1650 Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages".
1652 Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1653 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated
1656 of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1658 1998-11-15 04:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1660 * Makefile (1.5): fix semantics to match PUBLISHDIR
1662 1998-11-12 00:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1664 * debian/changelog (1.17): tweaking for release
1666 1998-11-12 00:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1668 * developers-reference.sgml (1.16): fix copyright byline
1670 remove URL to fragment identifier
1672 1998-11-11 22:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1674 * debian/changelog (1.16): final release version
1676 1998-11-09 05:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1678 * developers-reference.sgml (1.15), debian/changelog (1.15):
1679 "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1680 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1682 1998-11-09 03:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1684 * debian/control (1.3): bump stds version
1686 1998-11-09 03:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1688 * debian/changelog (1.14): pre-release for 2.5.0
1690 1998-11-09 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1692 * developers-reference.sgml (1.14): many many changes, see the
1693 changelog, I'm too tired...
1695 1998-11-07 21:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1697 * developers-reference.sgml (1.13): correct new maintainer
1698 instructions pretty heavily (see changelog)
1702 1998-11-07 21:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1704 * debian/rules (1.11): debiandoc2ps done in build, not binary-indep
1706 1998-11-07 21:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1708 * debian/changelog (1.13): correct some new-maintainer directions
1712 1998-11-07 21:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1714 * .cvsignore (1.2): [no log message]
1716 1998-11-07 16:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1718 * debian/rules (1.10): why bother checking for root, don't be a
1721 1998-11-05 02:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1723 * developers-reference.sgml (1.12): fill in servers section
1725 1998-11-05 02:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1727 * debian/changelog (1.12): first cut
1729 1998-11-01 17:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1731 * developers-reference.sgml (1.11): s/m86k/m68k/
1733 1998-11-01 17:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1735 * developers-reference.sgml (1.10): use new <package> tag where
1736 appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1738 advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1741 rename 'Whirlwind Tour' section to 'Overview of...'
1743 1998-10-19 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1745 * debian/rules (1.9): cosmetic changes
1747 1998-10-01 03:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1749 * debian/changelog (1.11): note the new chapter on maintainer tools
1751 1998-10-01 03:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1753 * developers-reference.sgml (1.9): spell check
1755 1998-10-01 03:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1757 * Makefile (1.4): rename html rule to build rule, since it doesn't
1760 1998-10-01 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1762 * developers-reference.sgml (1.8), debian/changelog (1.10):
1763 incorporated suggestions from or inspired by Branden Robinson
1765 1998-09-28 06:19 olly
1767 * Makefile (1.3): Correction to makefile target
1769 1998-09-28 01:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1771 * Makefile (1.2): make ddp publish rule really publish
1773 1998-09-28 00:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1775 * debian/changelog (1.9): minor changes
1777 1998-09-28 00:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1779 * debian/rules (1.8): remove source-depends rule, not needed....
1781 1998-09-28 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1783 * Makefile (1.1): initial
1785 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1787 * debian/changelog (1.8): First cut for 2.4.1.5 version
1789 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1791 * developers-reference.sgml (1.7): Fix instructions for new
1792 maintainers, incorporating the actual text sent to prospective new
1793 maintainers. Improve this text a bit for readability, coverage,
1794 and organization. Significant changes were patched back to the
1795 new-maintainers group, if they care to use them. (closes Bug#26948)
1797 Add an introductory "Scope" section which helps delineate what
1798 should and should not be included in this Reference.
1800 Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an
1801 email from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1803 Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1805 Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1807 Little corrections here and there.
1809 1998-09-21 04:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1811 * developers-reference.sgml (1.6), debian/changelog (1.7): complete
1812 stuff for this round of textual overhauls, notably adding section
1813 on removing, renaming, orphaning packages
1815 1998-09-20 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1817 * debian/rules (1.7): fix source-depends
1819 fix dependancy for build
1821 1998-09-20 19:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1823 * developers-reference.sgml (1.5): first cut for 2.4.1.4, which is
1824 a lot of changes. Still need to fix terminology for "section" and
1825 "distribution" and the like
1827 1998-09-20 19:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1829 * .cvsignore (1.1): ignorables
1831 1998-07-28 01:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1833 * debian/: rules (1.6), changelog (1.6): added source depends
1836 1998-07-16 00:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1838 * debian/rules (1.5): lotsa bugfixing
1840 1998-07-16 00:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1842 * debian/changelog (1.5): [no log message]
1844 1998-07-15 23:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1846 * debian/rules (1.4): radical aph'ification of rules
1848 1998-07-15 23:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1850 * debian/changelog (1.4): bump
1852 1998-07-14 22:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1854 * debian/control (1.2): update mainter name
1856 1998-07-14 22:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1858 * developers-reference.sgml (1.4): plaster my name all over it
1860 format the SGML like I like it
1862 1998-07-14 22:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1864 * developers-reference.desc (1.2): switch section
1866 1998-07-14 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1868 * developers-reference.sgml (1.3), debian/changelog (1.3),
1869 debian/rules (1.3): dynamic version numbering and date
1871 1998-07-14 16:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1873 * developers-reference.sgml (1.2), debian/changelog (1.2),
1874 debian/rules (1.2): non-maintainer release 2.4.1.2
1876 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1878 * developers-reference.desc (1.1), developers-reference.sgml (1.1),
1879 debian/changelog (1.1), debian/control (1.1), debian/copyright
1880 (1.1), debian/dirs (1.1), debian/menu (1.1), debian/postinst (1.1),
1881 debian/prerm (1.1), debian/rules (1.1): Initial revision
1883 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1885 * developers-reference.desc (1.1.1.1), developers-reference.sgml
1886 (1.1.1.1), debian/changelog (1.1.1.1), debian/control (1.1.1.1),
1887 debian/copyright (1.1.1.1), debian/dirs (1.1.1.1), debian/menu
1888 (1.1.1.1), debian/postinst (1.1.1.1), debian/prerm (1.1.1.1),
1889 debian/rules (1.1.1.1): \Initial Import\\